@_thelittlefairywren we actually didn’t have the shower at our house, but about 20 people came over for a couple hours after the shower! They didn’t leave it too messy, it was more presents all over. I moved most of those down to the basement, and will redistribute to where things need to go next week during my break. And congrats on 30 weeks! We are all getting so close, it is crazy.
[name_f]My[/name_f] doctor doesn’t feel concerned about his size, and I know that a singular growth scan at this gestation would come with a large margin of error, so it probably isn’t super useful. She said I have likely all but finished up with any weight gain for me, like blood volume, fat stores, etc., and from now on out likely pretty much all weight gain I am going to see is just the baby gaining. Oh and after my fundal height measuring just very slightly behind fairly consistently I have “caught up”, which also indicates baby is probably growing fine. As far as the rib pain she said she believes that pregnancy can sometimes cause ribs to slip out of place and cause muscle spasms, and since we ruled out concerning things with my liver or gallbladder that she suspects that is what was happening.
@WildroseofJuillet I don’t have any experience with finding out the sex that early, but I know I have definitely heard of people being able to find out the sex at 16 weeks, so perhaps 15 weeks is enough! I feel like it depends on how confident the sonographer is in their assessment, and probably the baby’s position, if they are interested in making a guess.